How common is the surname Earnhardt?

1,539 people in the United States had the surname Earnhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Earnhardt?

Dale Earnhardt, American racing driver (1951-2001), followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr..

Where is the surname Earnhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Earnhardt in the United States.

Is the surname Earnhardt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Earnhardt

A German surname, carried by 1,539 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Earnhardt is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Ehrenhardt.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,539 people named Earnhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,559.

#18,098

rank among US surnames

1,539

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,852)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614
#18,106	Chumbley	1,538	200,745

Who is named Earnhardt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Earnhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Earnhardts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dale Earnhardt
American racing driver (1951-2001)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
American racecar driver, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Earnhardt

Earnhart

Earnhardt has the Soundex code E656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E656.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Earnhardt come from?: Americanized form of German Ehrenhardt.
How common is the surname Earnhardt?: 1,539 people in the United States had the surname Earnhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Earnhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Earnhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Earnhardt?: Dale Earnhardt, American racing driver (1951-2001), followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr..
Where is the surname Earnhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Earnhardt in the United States.
Is the surname Earnhardt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, down 1.3%.